Drive to Space
EPK [Electronic Press Kit]
"Drive To Space really knows how to throw a party!" -255 Madison event venue
"If this isn’t the sound you’ve been
looking for, it should be."
-Andrew Howie, writer for thepopbreak.com
" {Drive to Space] simply blew everyone away with their musicianship and extended jams. I’ve seen a lot of the most famous bands in concert over the last 50-odd years. This ranked with the best. " -Ben Olsen, Highway 58 Herald
DRIVE TO SPACE, 2024-08-03
LIVE AT BLAIRALLY, EUGENE, OR
ONE SET:
Identify
Midnight Moonlight (Peter Rowan cover)
Sometimes
Molecule
Hammond Cigs
Traveling Light (JJ Cale, via Widespread Panic, cover)
Bugwash
In Between
Drive to Space is (from L to R):
Travis Mason - Guitar and Vocals
Terry Travis - Bass
Steph Kay - Keyboards and vocals
John Raden - Drums and vocals
contact email:
thatbandfromeugene@gmail.com
Find us on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/drivetospace
https://www.instagram.com/@drive_to_space
https://www.youtube.com/@drivetospace
"It may be the most accurate band name of all time: Drive To Space. It’s a Mario Kart Rainbow Road-style trip, straight into the stratosphere. The trio’s interplay is crisp and fierce. Bassist Terry Travis and drummer John Raden hold things down right in the pocket, while keyboard wizard Steph Kay drenches the whole affair in a delightful miasma of shifting textures, sounds, and melodies. If this isn’t the sound you’ve been looking for, it should be. Drive To Space is a name to keep your eyes and ears on."
-Andrew Howie, writer for Pop Break @thepopbreak.com
BIOGRAPHY:
Drive To Space is a keyboard-driven band that combines prog rock, funk, reggae, Americana, bluegrass, and more into a cohesive, mind-meld of sound - complete with tempo and key changes, odd meters, tight jams, and, well-written, complex material interspersed with improvisation, and three part vocal harmonies.
Choice cover selections tastily blend with a trunk load of original music. This paves the way for an epic drive through an aural landscape! Welcome aboard the spaceship! It's a good ship. Buckle up as we Drive to Space!
Drive to Space is led by Steph Kay, who in the past, spent time in the past performing nationwide with the St. Louis-based Widespread Panic tribute “Mom's Kitchen”, Summercamp Music Festival's VIP Tent alums; “Easy Riders”, with the Grateful Dead tributes “Another Dead Cover Band”, “The Jerryatrics”, and “Token Rhymes”, as well as Eugene's own “Left On Wilson” and “Blue Lotus”. More obscure acts that Steph had an active role in are, but not limited to, “Defined Perception”, “Copecetic”, “Spread”, and “Truffle Jam”. Steph has also shared stages with notable artists such as Victor Wooten, Vince Herman, Vinnie Amico and Al Schnier (of “moe.”), Jason Hann (of SCI), Jaik Willis, Sam Holt, Ike Willis and Ray White (of Frank Zappa's band), Andy Frasco, and Jay Cobb Anderson (of “Fruition”) just to name a few. Simply put, Steph likes to play, and has spent the last 26 years doing so.
Backed by John Raden (Candy Apple Bleu, Hyper Sloth) on drums, and Terry Travis (Hyper Sloth) on bass guitar, John and Terry been performing together for over 30 years. John is a private musical instuctor
Most recently, Travis Mason (of Ripple Vision) has joined the crew on guitar.
These musicians come together to create and vibrate with an intent to feel good and shake.
They hope that you can come join them on an epic hike through an aural landscape!
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
